Improvement in perambulators



J. N. HAZELIP.

PERAMBULATOR.

Patentd Nov.28,1876.

S E S S E N W W ATTORNEYS NITEID STATES JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, OF BALTIMORE,MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER MGGLYMON T, OF SAME PLACE.

PATENT QFFIOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PERAMBULATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 184,867, datedNovember 28, 18. 6 PP filed March 21, 1874.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. HAZELIP, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have in vented a new and valters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of mychildrens perambula tor, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same.

This invention has relation to perambulators or carriages for children,wherein a rigid or stifi' top or canopy is connected to the body by sidejoints and jointed standards insuch manner that this canopy can beturned back as described in my Letters Patent numbered 132,531, anddated October 29, 1872.

My invention consists in combining rear handles with a canopy of theabove named kind, in such manner that the canopycan be turned backwardand downward between these handles without interference there, as willbe hereinafter explained.

Prior to my invention carriages for children.

have been constructed with tops which would fold back upon but notbetween rear handles consequently the tops would not serve as backs tothe seats when folded.

The following is a description of my improve-- ment: In the annexeddrawings,A designates the body of a childs carriage; B B, the wheelsthereof. 0 are the upright springs, and D and jointed standards E,substantially as described in my Letters Patent above referred to, whichjoints allow the top or canopy to be erected over the body, or to beturned back, as shown in both figures of the drawings. F designate thehandles of the carriage, which are rigidly secured to the body A, at itsrear part, and extended backward and upward a suitable distance, andconnected together by a hand-bar, a. I bow or bend the handles F Flaterally between their ends, so as toallow a sufficient space betweenthem for the passage of the top or canopy, to be turned down betweenthem, and brought in close relation to the back board of the carriage,thereby forming a good back to the carriage. Instead of bowing thehandles F F, for the purpose just named, they may be secured to offsetson the carriage-body, and extended back parallel to each other, or anyother suitable arrangement of these handles may be adopted which willleave the space between them gaeater than the width of the canopy D, orwhich will allow the canopy to be turned fully back withoutinterferencewith them.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Rear handles F, combined with the pivoted top or canopy D, and thecarriage-body A, said handles being so constructed and arranged withreference to the body and top, that, when tne latter isthrown backward,it shall fall between said handles, substantially as specified. I

In testimony that I claim the above I hav hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

J. N. HAZELIP. Witnesses:

LLOYD SLEMMEB, D. FULTON.

